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Official Website of
International Relations and Foreign Service
Carolinian Circle of Young Diplomats
(Political Science, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, PH)
ABOUT US
Long before the four tracks emerged, Political Science majors were governed by the only duly recognized organization by the USC Political Science Department which is the Carolinian Political Science Society (CPSS). When the Carolinian Circle of Young Diplomats (CCYD) was founded, it envisions a circle of actively involved students in the International Relations and Foreign Service track who are responsive intellectually and socially to the issues of the time, competent negotiators amidst conflicts and proficient diplomats who foster peace and cooperation while at the same time embodying the core values of the track and the University in general.
Today, CCYD has flourished into a student organization that represents the interests of Political Science majors who are enrolled in the International Relations and Foreign Service (IRFS) track. It is an ipso facto affiliate organization of the Carolinian Political Science Society (CPSS), a co-curricular organization recognized by the USC Political Science Department.
CCYD is committed in creating, sustaining and strengthening the camaraderie of all IRFS track students to further develop good leadership and amity among its members and towards the community. This is done through cooperation, diplomacy and participation in intellectual activities, researches, and community extension services that embody the theory, principles and good practice of International Relations and Foreign Service.
The drafters of the 2012 CCYD Constitution
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Lady Speaker
Rt. Hon. Edel Grace Seronay
Birthday: October 8
Life goal: To graduate in flying colors and live life to the fullest!
Facts about Edel:
1. She loves the color Orange.
2. She's an Otaku.
3. She love learning different languages.
4. Drawing is her hobby.
5. She's a big fan of Kim Soo Hyun.
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Minister of Alumni Affairs
Rt. Hon. Aia Abdeel Apostol
Birthday: January 3
Life goal: To make a change.
Facts about Aia:
1. She's a former taekwondo player.
2. She's currently a parish youth org president.
3. She's a probinsyana.
4. She's a youth catechist.
5. She's an amateur photographer.
6. She's a closet artist.
7. She has a positive outlook on life.
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Minister of Documentation
Rt. Hon. Alliza Faye Palgan
Birthday: February 17
Life goal: To be successful in the future and become a noteworthy person in her chosen field.
Facts about Alliza:
1. Dogs are her favourite animals.
2. She's an admirer of the Korean variety show Running Man.
3. She likes going on extreme adventures.
4. She's a wanderlust, She'd like to travel around the world someday and experience different
cultures.
5. When she has a goal, she'd never stop until she achieves it.
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Minister of Finance
Rt. Hon. Patricia Isabel Tanco
Birthday: October 18
Life goal: To see more of the world and watch all the Broadway and Cirque du Soleil shows.
Facts about Patty:
1. She loves traveling to different countries but she has acrophobia.
2. Apart from traveling, she loves eating, sleeping, putting on make up and shopping.
3. ALL her shoes have corks in them because she has really small feet. (Most of her shoes are a size 6 but she's a size 5 but she rarely finds a size 5, she can also fit into a 4 and she can fit
Payless kids size 2 1/2 or 3).
4. She listens to old songs and indie songs but One Direction is an exception.
5. She changes her nail color almost every week.
6. She have never tried dyeing or curling or hot oil or anything else on her hair except for
cutting. She keeps it straight long and keeping her natural hair color- jetblack, in the hopes of
getting discovered and star in a shampoo commercial.
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Minister of Information and Communication
Rt. Hon. Renee Dominique Rodelas
Birthday: March 18
Life goal: Work at DC Studios as a graphic novel artist.
Facts about Renee:
1. A self-proclaimed introvert. Will hiss like a vampire when expose to disco balls and sunlight.
2. #Tomboy&proud! Cringes over heels and make-up but is a complete sucker for roses.
3. Lists pen and ink as her main drawing technique, next to pencil and the occassional charcoal.
4. Has a passion for poetry. She usually writes about rape culture, mental illness, and suicide.
She's a sucker for dogs, DC and coffee too.
5. A complete movie junkie but prefers the psycho-thriller genre. Has five 2TB hard drives and
three broken laptops to prove it.
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Minister of Research and Academics
Rt. Hon. Dinah Joy Oro
Birthday: December 23
Life goal: To be genuinely happy.
Facts about Dinah:
1. She's a happy observer of life.
2. She's a sweet tooth.
3. She prefers working behind the scenes.
4. She's a bookworm.
5. She's random.
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Minister of Socio-cultural and Community Affairs
Rt. Hon. Charmaine Villacorta
Birthday: November 22
Life goal: To be successful and happy; To give back to her country.
Facts about Charm:
1. She's an animal lover. She used to have turtles, rabbits, and hamsters. Right now, she owns 14
dogs, of which 4 are new-born puppies.
2. It’s rare for girls to like online and video games but she's addicted to them.
3. She loves cooking and baking but she usually doesn't eat the food she makes.
4. She's not scared of bugs, rats, and spiders but she finds cockroaches extremely terrifying.
5. She prefers to watch animated films (e.g. Big Hero 6, Kung Fu Panda) and horror movies
than chick flicks.
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Minister of Sports and Recreation
Rt. Hon. Glenn Joseph Rabor
Birthday: August 13
Life goal: To be someone someday.
Facts about Glenn:
1. He's a good dancer and a singer.
2. He memorized all the countries in the world when he was 8.
3. He's a proud mama's boy.
4. When he was 6 he wanted to be a priest.
5. He joined 4 male pageants and luckily won.
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Minister of Protocol
Rt. Hon. Daniel Orin Levi Alatraca
Birthday: November 3
Life goal: To build when he's 20, to settle when he's 30, to raise when he's 40, to endure when he's 50, and then to rest when he's 60.
Facts about Ren:
1. He's allergic to peanuts.
2. He loves dogs but fears cats.
3. He's good with words but bad with numbers.
4. He admires simple intelligence but detests complex arrogance.
5. He's called “Renren” in college and “Rinrin” in high school.
Members of Parliament (S.Y. 2015 - 2016)
First Year
1. Hon. Thea Antenor Cruz
2. Hon. Dara Ardiane Co
3. Hon. Chrissa Colmenares
4. Hon. Madeleine Nacional
5. Hon. Vincent John Nacua
6. Hon. Glenn Joseph Rabor
7. Hon. Maria Rosella Salgado
Second Year
1. Hon. Hazel Claire Bagonoc
2. Hon. Glyndyl Lambujon
3. Hon. Jan Marie Langco
4. Hon. Troy III Leonardo
5. Hon. Shanele Pura
6. Hon. Jan Miles Sino Cruz
Third Year
1. Rt. Hon. Aia Abdeel Apostol
2. Rt. Hon. Patricia Isabel Tanco
3. Hon. Patricia Piramide
4. Hon. Kimberly Robles
5. Rt. Hon. Edel Grace Seronay
6. Hon. Andrea Ma. Isabella Vargas
Fourth Year
1. Rt. Hon. Daniel Orin Levi Alatraca
2. Rt. Hon. Vene Seane Aljas
3. Rt. Hon. Dinah Joy Oro
4. Rt. Hon. Renee Dominique Rodelas
5. Rt. Hon. Samantha Villabert
6. Rt. Hon. Charmaine Villacorta
7. Hon. Athena Cara Yauder
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IRFS Head of Track and CCYD Adviser
Atty. Archill Niña Capistrano, MInternatRel
Birthday: January 16
Life goal: Be a lighthouse.
Facts about ANFC:
1. Lawyering is her infatuation; teaching, her devotion.
2. When in buffoon mode, she proudly wears a green-minds-for-a-green-earth-movement
badge.
3. She sums up the altar-induced status change of her lone ex-boyfriend-turned-bedmate to:
Physics, YUK! But Physics Teacher, YUM!
4. She managed to conceive twins twice: first-born NinMar with USC's IRFS program, and
second son Rodnil with her MIinternatRel at Monash University.
5. She may have dodged candidacy for Miss PoSc but not so with Miss USC (and 2 other prior
pageant horror stories to a boyish female like her).
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Prime Minister
Rt. Hon. Vene Seane Aljas
Birthday: May 25
Life goal: Aspiring to be a diplomat.
Facts about Seane:
1. He's a firm believer that we are born fundamentally equal yet uniquely original.
2. He's perpetually and insatiably curious - intellectually curious in a sense that he recognizes
that there are many things to be learned.
3. He figured that his life should be consecrated on an ideal - that his existence should be a gift
to humanity.
4. He's not the likes of those men who live and breathe money and end their days in a
nightmare of barren loneliness.
5. He makes well of every 'today' to make his yesterday a dream of happiness and his tomorrow
a vision of hope.
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Deputy Prime Minister
Rt. Hon. Samantha Villabert
Birthday: September 3
Life goal: To live a happy life.
Facts about Sam:
1. She loves One Direction.
2. She loves reading novels.
3. She's sucker for purple.
4. She's a tidsoptimist (someone who thinks he/she has more time) but not a morning person.
5. She does not eat hotdogs and sausages.
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